1908 Motor Parkway Sweepstakes
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Jan 07 2019
Mystery Foto #1 Solved: Locust Grove Section of the 1908 Vanderbilt Cup Race Course
I challenged you to solve the first Mystery Foto of 2019. (14 comments)
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Nov 03 2018
Herb Lytle’s Great-Great-Grandson Takes a Ride in the Alco Black Beast
Last Sunday, Scott Lytle, the great-great-grandson of Vanderbilt Cup Racer Herb Lytle, and his lovely wife Marie visited me in Roslyn and took rides in the Alco Black Beast. (14 comments)
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Jul 02 2018
Mystery Friday Foto #26: A 2003 “Now” Foto on the Meadow Brook Lodge Entrance Right-Of-Way
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged you to identify this former location on the Motor Parkway right-of-way. (22 comments)
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Jun 20 2018
Ham Plans for the Upcoming 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway
October 2018 will mark the 110th Anniversary of the Long Island Motor Parkway. Art Kleiner is proposing a special celebration event combining two of this passions. He is looking for feedback. (17 comments)
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Jun 18 2018
Updated: Mystery Postcard Foto #24 Solved: The Massapequa-Hicksville Road Bridge Under Construction
My favorite co-author Al Velocci challenged die-hard Motor Parkway fans to solve this difficult Mystery Postcard. Full disclosure: Both Al and I do not have a definitive answer. (18 comments)
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Apr 17 2018
Mystery Foto #15 Solved: A 1908 Long Island Racing Scene at Bethpage’s Deadman’s Curve I
This weekend's Mystery Foto captured a memorable Long Island race at a memorable location. (19 comments)
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Mar 21 2018
From the Simeone Museum: Celebrating the Renault Roadsters
Dr. Fred Simeone and Chris Webb of the Simeone Automotive Museum have forwarded images from the museum's 2018 calendar celebrating the Renault Vanderbilt Racers. (2 comments)
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Sep 11 2017
Mystery Foto #36 Solved: On the Long Island Motor Parkway Right-Of-Way in East Meadow
Frank Femenias challenged you again to solve this weekend's Mystery Foto of a former section of the Motor Parkway. (15 comments)
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Aug 30 2017
Motor Parkway and Vanderbilt Cup Races Featured in New Book on Plainview-Old Bethpage
A chapter of the new Arcadia book "Plainview-Old Bethpage" by Thomas Carr features our favorite parkway and road races. Below are 12 photos and their accompanying captions. (4 comments)
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Jul 18 2017
Mystery Foto #28 Solved: The 1909 Buick Factory Racing Team in Flint, Michigan
This weekend's Mystery Foto featured a factory racing team and several drivers who participated in the Vanderbilt Cup Races. (9 comments)
The partially completed train crossing is obviously Mineola or Albertson. Staring at the picture it could easily be…